Who Built the Who Built the Pyramids?Pyramids?

Mrs. Jenkins and Mrs. Harris

WEBSITE EVALUATION

Address Evaluation

Question 1. Question 1. What is the web address?What is the web address?

Answer - Site A

Answer - Site B

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Address Evaluation

.com = commercial.com = commercial

.net = network.net = network

..org = organizationorg = organization

.edu = education.edu = education

.gov = government.gov = government

.mil = military.mil = military

Question 2. Who is responsible for this site and is there any contact information?

Answer - Site A

Answer - Site BCompendium, no

Nova or PBS or WGBH, yes

Authority

AuthorityContains the word AUTHOR

The authority can be:

• a person or people

• a book or magazine

• a company or organization

Authority

If you are doing a paper on who built the If you are doing a paper on who built the pyramids, would you use this information?pyramids, would you use this information?

YESYES NONO

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Coverage

Coverage

The information should be Accurate & Appropriatefor the topic of study.

Currency

Question 5. What date was the information posted?

Answer - Site A

Answer - Site B1999

1997

Currency

The date is not an important factor for the topic of ancient Egypt and the pyramids.

It would be important for information and issues on:

HEALTH

LEGAL

Can you think of other topics?

Answer - Site B

Point of View

Question 6. According to this website, who built the pyramids?

Answer - Site A

AliensHistorical - Egyptians

Point of View

BEWARE OF SITES THAT:

Charge fees.

Sell something.

Have advertisements.

Books vs. Websites?

Books vs. Websites?

An author writes a book and checks

facts

An editor reviews the grammar and double

checks facts

A publisher produces the book for distribution and

sale

Critics review the book and write

reviews

Your librarian, Mrs. Jenkins, reads the reviews and purchases

books that have good reviews and fit the needs of the students

of Northport Middle School.

Why Evaluate Websites?

To Be Continued

We will be continuing our discussion on website evaluation

and we be performing a real evaluation of a website.

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